Cato forum on liquor advertising and electronic media

[Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM]

snow <snow at smoke.suba.com> writes:

> > Cigarette advertizing is what created TV in the U.S.
> 
> 	Is this an argument _for_ banning cigarette ads, or against?
> 

Neither.  It's a statement of fact - in the 40's and 50's and early 60's
cigarette ads were the majoroty of TV ads (and most of the rest were  liquor
ads).  The capital needed to build the infrastructure to produce the TV shows
came from the cigarette ads.  If there were no cigarette ads in the '50's, then
US TV would probably remain as capital-starved as, say, BBC. I'm not sure if
that would be a GOOD THING or a BAD THING.

I also don't think the gubmint has any business regulating any form of
advertising.

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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